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I am a PhD candidate (expected to graduate in August 2024) at the Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong. My main research interests are International Economics, Fintech and Empirical Macroeconomics.

My Job Market Paper uncovers the macroeconomic and financial drivers of cryptocurrency adoption and usage from a global perspective. Utilising data on cryptocurrency adoption from 118 countries, we find that decentralised finance (DeFi), inflation volatility, GDP per capita and security fragility are the critical drivers of global cryptocurrency adoption, with DeFi having the largest impact. The results are robust to an instrumental variables analysis, allowing for possible endogeneity of DeFi.

My research publications have appeared in the Journal of International Trade and Economic Development and the International Trade Journal.  CV